@article {RN132,
	title = {Israeli health care social workers{\textquoteright} personal and professional concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: The work{\textendash}family role conflict},
	journal = {The British Journal of Social Work},
	volume = {51},
	number = {5},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {1858-1878},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {This exploratory study focuses on the personal and professional concerns of Israeli social workers in hospitals and community health settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Other studies omitted health care social workers{\textquoteright} needs and concerns. Participants included 126 social workers (120 females, 5 males and 1 other gender identity) in hospitals and community health settings who completed an online survey during the height of the first wave of COVID-19 in Israel. Measures included questions on exposure to COVID-19, sense of safety at work, perceived support, and personal and professional concerns. Two open-ended questions about the social workers{\textquoteright} concerns and the perceived concerns of their patients were included. The results showed that 17 per cent reported one of their inter-disciplinary team testing positive for COVID-19. Only one-third of the social workers felt safe from COVID-19 infection in their workplace. Mothers of dependent children were more concerned about income loss and about balancing work and family requirements than mothers of older children. {\textquoteleft}Home{\textendash}work conflict{\textquoteright} was also a main theme in the qualitative data. In conclusion, the work{\textendash}home role conflict took an especially heavy toll during the COVID-19 pandemic on social workers who were mothers to dependent children.},
	issn = {0045-3102},
	doi = {10.1093/bjsw/bcab114},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab114},
	author = {Schiff, Miriam and Shinan-Altman, Shiri and Rosenne, Hadas}
}
